Madeleines

How I adore these light and airy and quick to make little delights with a cup of coffee or tea ♥♥♥

Ingredients:

  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tbsp caster sugar
  • 2 tbsp icing sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup self raising flour
  • ¼ cup plain flour
  • 75g unsalted butter – melted
  •  1 lemon, zested
  • 1 tbsp hot water
  • 2 tbsp icing sugar extra for dusting

Method:

  • Preheat oven to 200°C and grease two 12 hole madeleine pans with a little butter.
  • Beat eggs, caster sugar, icing sugar and vanilla in a small bowl with an electric mixer until thick and creamy
  • Meanwhile, sift flours twice.  Sift flours again over egg mixture
  • Pour combined butter and the water down side of bowl then fold ingredients together, add lemon zest.
  • Drop rounded tablespoons of mixture into pan holes.
  • Bake madeleines about 10 minutes.
  • Tap hot pan firmly on bench to release madeleines then turn immediately onto baking paper covered wire racks to cool
  • Serve dusted with extra sifted icing sugar.
  • Makes 24

Please leave a comment if you have enjoyed my recipe so I know I’m making people happy ❤️

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2 thoughts on “Madeleines

  1. I love your blog!!! I’m so glad I found it! I haven’t cooked anything yet but I will. I might try these as my recipe has so much more butter!!! 🙂

    • Grazie amico mio…….a lifetime of passion, Try it as it is very easy…. they are light as a feather <3

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